Finger card holder



Feb. 11', 1941. Y L. s. RAMOS I FINGER CARD HOLDER Filed April 29, 1940INVENTOR zzo/v 5. 244 105 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 11, 1941 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to finger card holders for all card games, suchas bridge, rummy and the like games.

An object of this invention is to provide a card 5 holder which relievesthe hands as it holds cards for the players, the card holder being soprovided that the cards once arranged in the holder will remainpermanently in place until the game is over, thus saving the player muchtrouble and 10 strain in holding the cards in his hand, and, inconstantly arranging and rearranging the cards over and over again.

A further object of this invention is to provide a card holder of thecharacter described, which 15 may be held in the hand, or which may beplaced on the table, and in either position, will hold the cards inarranged order.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a strong anddurable card holder of the 20 character described, made from a singlepiece of sheet material, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy tomanipulate, attractive in appearance, and practical and eflicient to ahigh degree in use.

9 Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexempli- 30 fled in the construction hereinafter described, and of whichthe scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative 35 embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a card holder embodying theinvention, with the cards thereon;

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

40 Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the improved card holder, withthe cards removed;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the blank'from 45 which the card holder ismade.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, l designates a card holderembodying the invention, preferably made from a single blank of sheetmetal II. The blank II is substantially 50 rectangular in shape with allfour corners rounded. The side edges l2 thereof may be formed withsubstantially V-shaped cut-out portions l3, closer to one end edge Itthan to the other end edge l thereof.

65 The blank II is formed with two parallel slits l6, parallel to theside edges l2 and symmetrically disposed with respect to thelongitudinal mid section of the blank, and extending from the edge l5substantially one-third of the length of the blank. 5

The blank is furthermore formed with a outline I! perpendicular to theside edges l2 and disposed between the slits l6 and the cut-awayportions 13. The cut-line I1 is centrally located with respect to theside edges l2 and terminates 10 short of said side edges. The blank isfurthermore formed with cut-lines 18 extending from the ends of thecut-lines ll, towards the edge l5 of the blank. The cut-lines iii areshort in comparison with the length of the cut-lines ll.

In making the card holder H], the portion bounded by the cut-lines I1and i8 comprises a section [9 folded forwardly about a crease line 20,interconnecting the outer ends of the cutlines l8 and parallel to thecut-lines I'I. Section 20 I9 constitutes a shelf for the lower edges ofthe cards 25, as will appear hereinafter.

The strip 26 between the slits I6 is folded rearwardly and downwardly toform a rear leg to support the card holder, when the same is placed onthe table, or to permit the fingers of a player to be inserted betweensaid leg and the card holder, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the cardholder may be held in the hand.

The portion 21 of the blank II, on opposite 30 sides of the slits l6,may be bent inwardly and curved upwardly, as shown in Fig. 4 of thedrawing, for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

The blank II is then folded about a line parallel to the edge l4, anddisposed between the cut-outs l3 and the cut-lines ll to form upwardlyextending wall 30, parallel to the back wall 3|. The shelf l9 extendsfrom the wall 3|, forwardly, and the forward edge of said shelf contactsthe front wall 30. The upper end of the wall 30 which is the portion ofthe blank adjacent the edge l4, may be curved forwardly, as at 32.

The cards 25 may be inserted between the portions 21 of the card holderand the front wall 30 to rest upon the shelf IS. The cards are thusengaged by the forwardly curved upper ends of portion 21, and by thecurved end 32 of front wall 30.

It will now be understood that the holder may be rested on the table, asshown in Fig. 4, or may be held in the hand, as shown in Fig. 2. Oncethe cards are arranged in the holder they will not become misplaced ordisarranged.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A card holder made from a single piece of sheet metal and having arear wall and a front wall interconnected at their lower ends, said rearwall extending above the upper end of the front wall. and a spring legextending downwardly and rearwardly from said rear wall, the upper endsof the front and rear walls being inclined forwardly.

2. A card holder made of a single piece of sheet metal having a frontwall and a. rear wall interconnected at their lower ends, the upper endof the rear wall extending above the upper end of the front wall, ashelf extending forwardly from the rear wall with the forward edgethereof contacting the front wall to space the front wall from the rearwall, a spring leg extending rearwardly and downwardly from the rearwall, the upper portion of the rear wall being inclined forwardly towardthe plane of the front wall.

LEON S. RAMOS.

